Update Dev Update - 16.04.2015

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Going on past practice, Beta will be 4 weeks after the announcement. April 28 is less than highly unlikely.

XBox interview clearly stated all platforms would not be synced for feature releases, so possibly 1.3 rolls to Windoze first, maybe before Mac beta is completed (depending on their progress with that).

I hope you're wrong...
They said XBOX ONE version will not compromise PC's developments/releases. And we didn't get a single feature since more than a month.
 
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Prospector drones only operate in targeted mode.

Michael

And i m a little septic about utility in this case, because, target asteroid, launch drone and waiting for the data will certainly be longest than shoot it and select for insta scan a chrunk... And, with the traditional method, i don't need to use a slot and carry drones...
 
Thanks for the update. I have to say though, I am underwhelmed. These are only a handful of very low effort changes and if my past experience with such announcements is anything to go by, a lack of beef before some "big release" usually means the release itself will be kind of thin also.
 
I hope you're wrong...
They said XBOX ONE version will not compromise PC's developments/releases. And we didn't get a single feature since more than a month.

With Microsoft doing the testing of the Xbox version, the only compromises are going to be bug fixes that may well end up being fixes in the PC version, and the money paid by MS will more than offset development time in the long run.
 
And i m a little septic about utility in this case, because, target asteroid, launch drone and waiting for the data will certainly be longest than shoot it and select for insta scan a chrunk... And, with the traditional method, i don't need to use a slot and carry drones...

Maybe you can fire off 5 or 6 one after the other, without waiting for a result? That would then make then useful.
 
This all sounds good to me! Only one question. If we were to fire a collecting drone and there was nothing to collect, what happens to the drone? Do we lose it, or can we then retrieve it?
 
Replaced with what? USS is quite solid concept, it needs to be fleshed out and be more consistent (and it gets more consistent with each release). How else you indicate something happening in space?

USS are very on/off, they are not there one minute and then they are the next. I would keep the mechanism but blend them into the super cruise environment more by making them start as unresolved scanner blips, that resolve into a wider range of described SC points of interest; as well as the existing USS varieties, things like Lone Asteroid, Dust Cloud, Minor Debris, Plasma Field, Expended Ordnance. Most of these would be neutral in game terms, with no value or mission relevance.
 
Going on past practice, Beta will be 4 weeks after the announcement. April 28 is less than highly unlikely.

XBox interview clearly stated all platforms would not be synced for feature releases, so possibly 1.3 rolls to Windoze first, maybe before Mac beta is completed (depending on their progress with that).

I hope you're wrong...
They said XBOX ONE version will not compromise PC's developments/releases. And we didn't get a single feature since more than a month.

I think you misunderstand. I mean that Mac Beta won't hold up 1.3 because FD have already stated publicly that all platforms won't be version synced at all times. Meaning release dates for major updates will be staggered to allow FD to manage the workload. PC is only currently released version, so 1.3 should roll to it first, then to Mac. Xbox version is further down the line and will include all 1.3 updates when it comes out- maybe 1.4 as well, depending on how far along they get with the port in the next couple months.

Would be great if we got each individual new feature as it was done but that would have a cost for FD in managing the builds and rollouts and perhaps a bit much for the team during Mac Beta with a lot of builds and updates being pushed.
 
Thanks for the update, Michael. I'm really, really looking forward to the 1.3 release.

I do have one question though. Way back when the first major update was announced you said there may be options for those who didn't have beta access to be able to get it later. Is there any more news on this?
 
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Going on past practice, Beta will be 4 weeks after the announcement. April 28 is less than highly unlikely.

XBox interview clearly stated all platforms would not be synced for feature releases, so possibly 1.3 rolls to Windoze first, maybe before Mac beta is completed (depending on their progress with that).

I think it was only talking about consoles. MAC were not included.
But 1.3 may be a special case as the mac version is still quite new.
 
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XBox interview clearly stated all platforms would not be synced for feature releases, so possibly 1.3 rolls to Windoze first, maybe before Mac beta is completed (depending on their progress with that).

Well, once released PC and mac will be synched, since they play together, while the xbox players will be on their own.
 
Thanks for the update. I have to say though, I am underwhelmed. These are only a handful of very low effort changes and if my past experience with such announcements is anything to go by, a lack of beef before some "big release" usually means the release itself will be kind of thin also.

Patch 1.2 was named wings, because of the 'wings' feature.
Patch 1.3 is named 'Power Play', because of the 'Power Play' feature/upgrade/thingy.

So, it seems rather premature to suggest that 1.3 is underwhelming, without knowing what the powerplay feature is...
 
Thanks for the update.

Re- steam keys, I think a lot of people would be appeased if you just said like "yes, you will get one but it will take weeks, months to process" or "sorry, it's simply not possible" either way, we'll know where we stand and can move on.

What is the reason that people are rushing to hear about a steam key? Can't they play the game or something without one?
 
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